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Structure and Operations

Our Management

HON JOSEPH BOAHEN AIDOO
CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Our Management

MR. E. RAY ANKRAH
Deputy Chief Executive (Finance & Administration)
DR. EMMANUEL A. OPOKU
Deputy Chief Executive (Operations)
DR. EBENEZER OWUSU
Deputy Chief Executive (Agronomy & Quality Control)
MR. PETER OSEI-AMOAKO
Director, Finance
DR. MRS. AGNES OWUSU-ANSAH
Director, Scholarship
MR. FRANCIS A. OPOKU
Director, Legal Services/ Solicitor Secretary
MR. FRANCIS GYAMFI OCRAN
Director, Human Resource
MR. ALBERT YEBOAH
Director, Audit
MR. RICHARD DANQUAH-BOATENG
Director, General Services
MR. CHARLES AMENYAGLO
Director, Special Services
DR. FRANCIS PADI
Executive Director, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana
MR. LAWRENCE ADU TWUM
Executive Director, Seed Production Division
REV. EDWIN AFARI
Executive Director, Cocoa Health and Extension Division
MR. SAMUEL SAKA BOATENG
Managing Director, Quality Control Company
MR. VINCENT OKYERE AKOMEAH
Managing Director, Cocoa Marketing Company
DR. JERRY OWUSU-ANSAH
Director, Health
DR. CHARLES KWARTENG ASAFO-ADJEI
Director, Civil Works (Northern Sector)

Governance

A Board of Directors, appointed by the Government, governs COCOBOD. It is composed of Government nominees from various professions, a representative of the workers of COCOBOD and two representatives of the Cocoa, Coffee and Sheanut Farmers' Association.

Ministerial responsibility is exercised by the Minister of Food and Agriculture. The Chief Executive is the administrative head and has the responsibility for the day to day running of the Board.

He is assisted by three Deputy Chief Executives who have administrative responsibilities for Finance and Administration, Agronomy and Quality Control and Operations.

There are nine Directorates at COCOBOD Head Office responsible for Human Resource, Research Monitoring and Evaluation, Audit, Finance, Procurement, Health, Legal, Special Services (Security & Intelligence) and General Services (Estates, Civil works & Transport).

In addition, there are Departments/ Units which are headed by Departmental Heads. These are Public Affairs Department, Scholarship and Information Systems Unit, Legal, and Public Affairs, departments report directly to the Chief Executive, whiles the Scholarship department reports to the Deputy Chief Executive (Ops).

The remaining Units report to respective directorates which finally report to the Chief Executive.

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